Reading List

Titles by or about IMS teachers

James Baraz

Awakening Joy: 10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness

Sylvia Boorstein

That’s Funny, You Don’t Look BuddhistIt’s Easier Than You ThinkDon’t Just Do Something, Sit There Pay Attention for Goodness SakeHappiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life

Sandy Boucher

Dancing in the Dharma: The Life and Teachings of Ruth Denison

Bhante Buddharakitta

Drop by Drop

Tara Brach

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

Christina Feldman

Woman AwakeThe Quest of the Warrior WomanSoul Food (Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart) (with Jack Kornfield)Principles of MeditationThe Buddhist Path to SimplicitySilenceHeart of Wisdom, Mind of CalmCompassionThe Way of Meditation

Joseph Goldstein

A Heart Full of PeaceAbiding in Mindfulness, Volume I: The Body (audio)Abiding in Mindfulness, Volume II: On Feeling, the Mind & Dhamma (audio)Abiding in Mindfulness, Volume III: On Dhamma (audio)Insight Meditation: The Practice of FreedomMindfulness: A Practical Guide to AwakeningMindfulness: Six Guided Practices for Awakening (audio)Seeking the Heart of Wisdom (with Jack Kornfield)The Experience of InsightOne Dharma: The Emerging Western BuddhismInsight Meditation Correspondence Course (audio, with Sharon Salzberg)Insight Meditation: A Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio, with Sharon Salzberg)

Bhante Gunaratana

Beyond Mindfulness in Plain EnglishMindfulness in Plain EnglishEight Mindful Steps to HappinessJourney to Mindfulness: The Autobiography of Bhante G.

Mirka Knaster

Living This Life Fully: Stories and Teachings of Munindra

Kittisaro and Thanissara

Listening to the Heart: A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism

Jack Kornfield

A Wise HeartA Path with HeartLiving DharmaAfter the Ecstasy, the LaundryMeditation for BeginnersThe Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and PeaceSeeking the Heart of Wisdom (with Joseph Goldstein)A Still Forest Pool (with Paul Breiter, ed.)Soul Food (Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart) (with Christina Feldman)Teachings of the Buddha (ed. with Gil Fronsdal)Buddha’s Little Instruction Book

Larry Rosenberg

Breath by BreathLiving in the Light of DeathThree Steps to Awakening: A Practice for Bringing Mindfulness to Life

Sharon Salzberg

Real Happiness: The Power of MeditationReal Happiness at WorkThe Kindness Handbook: A Practical CompanionUnplug: An Interactive KitLovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of HappinessLove Your Enemies (with Robert Thurman)A Heart as Wide as the WorldFaith: Trusting Your Own Deepest ExperienceThe Force of KindnessVoices of Insight (ed.)Insight Meditation Correspondence Course (audio, with Joseph Goldstein)Insight Meditation: A Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio, with Joseph Goldstein)

Amy Schmidt

Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master

Rodney Smith

Lessons From the DyingStepping Out Of Self-Deception

Ajahn Sucitto

Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching

Sayadaw U Pandita

In This Very Life: The Liberation Teachings of the BuddhaThe State of Mind Called Beautiful

Ashin U Tejaniya

Dhamma Everywhere

Titles by topic

Insight and lovingkindness meditation guidance

The Experience of InsightJoseph Goldstein

The Four Foundations of MindfulnessU Silananda

The Heart of Buddhist MeditationNyanaponika Thera

In This Very Life: The Liberation Teachings of the BuddhaSayadaw U Pandita

Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of HappinessSharon Salzberg

Mindfulness in Plain EnglishBhante Gunaratana

Real Happiness: The Power of MeditationSharon Salzberg

The Buddhist tradition

The Buddhist ReligionRobinson & Johnson

The Foundations of BuddhismRupert Gethin

The Heart of the Buddha’s TeachingsThich Nhat Hanh

The Story of BuddhismDonald Lopez

Theravada Buddhism

Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha’s TeachingsAjahn Chah

Being Nobody, Going NowhereAyya Khema

The Buddha and His TeachingNarada Thera

A Comprehensive Manual of AbhidhammaBhikkhu Bodhi, ed.

Heartwood of the Bodhi TreeBuddhadasa Bhikkhu

The Noble Eightfold PathBhikkhu Bodhi

The Path of Purification (Visuddhi Magga)Bhikkhu Nanamoli, tr.

The Path to DeliveranceNyanatiloka

Theravada BuddhismRichard Gombrich

The Vision of DhammaNyanaponika Thera

What the Buddha TaughtWalpola Rahula

Wheel of DhammaMahasi Sayadaw

Wings to AwakeningThanissaro Bhikkhu

Suttas: The discourses of the Buddha (commentaries)

Anguttara Nikaya: An AnthologyNyanaponika Thera, tr.

The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Samyutta NikayaBhikkhu Bodhi

The DhammapadaAnanda Maitreya

The DhammapadaNarada Thera, tr.

The DhammapadaGil Fronsdal, tr.

The DhammapadaThanissaro Bhikkhu, tr.

Handful of LeavesThanissaro Bhikkhu, tr.

In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses form the Pali CanonBhikkhu Bodhi, ed.

The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha NikayaMaurice Walshe

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Majjhima NikayaBhikkhu Nanamoli & Bhikkhu Bodhi

Sellekha Sutta (& commentary)Mahasi Sayadaw

Splendor of Enlightenment: A Life of the Buddha, 2 vols.Phra Khantipalo